Tuesday, April 28, 2015

French Napoleonic Artillery - 40mm Flat

Here's an interesting Heinrichsen flat from set # 4052 - Schlacht an der Katzbach. The set was initially offered in 1888, dating from what I think was the golden age for Heinrichsen, many great 40mm sets being issued in the 1880's. From the same set, here's another artillery group as yet unpainted, representing the Prussian side.

And the reverse of the painted casting. Heinrichsen was the early master of these one piece figure groups.

Objectively, not one of my best paint jobs but the casting itself is well animated. In any case, it's good enough to be of service in my 1815-1830 imagi-nations project. I've also been casting and painting some of the Creartec French and Nowikoff Russians. These latter figures I haven't shown yet, will post something about them soon.

There is nothing about this not to like! Thanks for showing the comparisons between painted and unpainted metals. That is always a great thing to see, and shows how much you can bring out in a flat. CheersThs

Thanks, Thomas. I showed the Prussian gun & crew to contrast the one piece casting with a more conventional group of figures. But good observation on your part, it does sort of function as a "before and after" even it it's not the same casting(s).

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My name is Steve Cady. My vocation is manufacturing operations, currently in the medical device industry. But I've been a history buff since childhood and very fond of painting military miniatures. I'm also a big fan of the Daisenryaku video games.